I asked a question earlier about my 14 year old being excluded for 10 days. I notice that quite a few teachers have responded by saying that a disruptive child in the class needs excluding and the parent should be responsible for discipling the child.
When i was at school a long time ago now, we got the slipper, the cane, and occasionaly the football boot across the rear end. I appreciate now that is this climate of no hitting parenting and teaching this is now considered in-appropriate, which again is another matter for debate.
What i would like to know is though, a teacher can be very tuff without being physical, take for instance an army sergeant major. Children can be scared to death of this sort of teacher, but scared in a good way that shows respect. A teacher who just calls the headmaster and gets the child excluded for a bit of back chat is in my view a very weak teacher..
Do people agree or not....?
2007-03-19
03:45:57
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